New CD player please ? no fatigue thankyou

[JohnMichael]

My vote is for the Marantz SA 8001, I have not heard the new SA 8003. I listen to mine for hours without fatigue. Detailed without aggression and neutral but very slightly warm. Most discs are listneable and the excellent ones are incredible. A good player for all generations of discs.

[OzzieAudiophile]

Hi all.

Your responses have all been great.

Yeah it's a bit of a problem as I have a bit of a shortage of choices in Western
Australia.

I will make a list thanks to your recommendations and audition them if I can.

I have considered setting up a unit as a music server, then I'd be able to make playlists, which will save me the CD spinning/laser skip issues, plus the server option will keep my CD collection lasting much longer.

Still the only SACD PC card on the market sell for 8K.

I would seriously have to compare my PC/sound card with a CD source. Uncompressed
format technicially should be the near the same quality as the CD itself.

If I can limit the number of inputs I need I will have more options when considering a
new Pre Amp.

Yeah it's frustrating, as you can see I give myself more 'different options' in terms of
set up, but still have limited options in terms of brands and models of components.

I seriously do not like the idea of getting up from my couch every 2 songs to change
CDs to thoroughly enjoy them. The playlist option I can escape in pure relaxation
listening to x-tracks. To be fair the PC sound card playback is quite reasonable.
Music does sound better on my PS3.